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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/834/85
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission in nearby M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/834/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The high-energy emission from low-mass stars is mediated by the magnetic dynamo. Although the mechanisms by which fully convective stars generate large-scale magnetic fields are not well understood, it is clear that, as for solar-type stars, stellar rotation plays a pivotal role. We present 270 new optical spectra of low-mass stars in the Solar Neighborhood. Combining our observations with those from the literature, our sample comprises 2202 measurements or non-detections of H{alpha} emission in nearby M dwarfs. This includes 466 with photometric rotation periods. Stars with masses between 0.1 and 0.6M_{sun}_ are well-represented in our sample, with fast and slow rotators of all masses. We observe a threshold in the mass-period plane that separates active and inactive M dwarfs. The threshold coincides with the fast-period edge of the slowly rotating population, at approximately the rotation period at which an era of rapid rotational evolution appears to cease. The well-defined active/inactive boundary indicates that H{alpha} activity is a useful diagnostic for stellar rotation period, e.g., for target selection for exoplanet surveys, and we present a mass-period relation for inactive M dwarfs. We also find a significant, moderate correlation between L_H{alpha}_/L_bol_ and variability amplitude: more active stars display higher levels of photometric variability. Consistent with previous work, our data show that rapid rotators maintain a saturated value of L_H{alpha}_/L_bol_. Our data also show a clear power-law decay in L_H{alpha}_/L_bol_ with Rossby number for slow rotators, with an index of -1.7+/-0.1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/3
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in IC 1274
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IC 1274 is a faintly luminous nebula lying on the near surface of the Lynds 227 (L227) molecular cloud. Its cavity-like morphology is reminiscent of a blistered star-forming region. Four luminous, early-type (B0-B5) stars are located within a spherical volume ~5' in diameter that appears to be clear of heavy obscuration. Approximately centered in the cleared region is the B0 V star HD 166033, which is thought to be largely responsible for the cavity's excavation. Over 80 H{alpha} emission sources brighter than V~21 have been identified in the region. More than half of these are concentrated in IC 1274 and are presumably members of a faint T Tauri star population. Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer imaging of a nearby suspected pulsar and time-variable {gamma}-ray source (GeV J1809-2327) detected 21 X-ray sources in the cluster vicinity, some of which are coincident with the early-type stars and H{alpha} emitters in IC 1274. Deep (V~22) optical BVRI photometry has been obtained for the cluster region. A distance of 1.82+/-0.3kpc and a mean extinction of AV~1.21+/-0.2mag follow from photometry of the early-type stars. Using pre-main-sequence evolutionary models, we derive a median age for the H{alpha} emitters and X-ray sources of ~1Myr; however, a significant dispersion is present. The displaced material was driven against what remains of the molecular cloud to the east, enabling the formation of the substantial number of T Tauri stars found there. A dispersed population of H{alpha} emitters is also found along the periphery of L227, IC 1275, and IC 4684.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/129/829
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in NGC 2264
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/129/829
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An H{alpha} emission survey of the young cluster NGC 2264 in the Mon OB1 association resulted in the detection of 490 H{alpha} emission stars in a 25'x40' field approximately centered between the O7 V multiple star S Mon and the Cone Nebula. The survey was carried out with the wide-field grism spectrograph (WFGS) on the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope on Mauna Kea. X-ray observations made with the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) on board the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton satellite observatory will be discussed in a subsequent paper. Optical (BVR_C_I_C_) photometry was obtained for selected fields to supplement similar data from the literature. Spectra covering the 6000-8000{AA} region at a resolution of R~3000 (adequate for the determination of Li I {lambda}6708 line strengths) were obtained for 150 H{alpha} and X-ray emission sources with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/1805
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in NGC 2362
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/1805
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An H{alpha} emission survey of the young cluster NGC 2362 resulted in the detection of 130 H{alpha} emission stars in an 11'x11' field approximately centered on the fourth magnitude O9 Ib multiple star {tau} CMa. The survey was carried out using the wide-field grism spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope and the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini North. Deep optical VR_C_I_C_ (to V~23.0) and near-infrared (NIR) photometry (JHK) to K~16 were obtained for several fields within the cluster. Spectra covering the 6000-8000{AA} region at a resolution of R~3000 (adequate for the determination of LiI{lambda}6708 line strengths) were also acquired for ~200 pre-main-sequence (PMS) candidates with GMOS.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/2041
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitters at z=2.23
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/2041
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a narrow-band (H_2_S1, {lambda}_c_=2.121um, {delta}{lambda}=0.021um) imaging search with Wide Field Camera/United Kingdom Infrared Telescope for H{alpha} emitters (HAEs) around several potential signposts of rare (~10^-7^-10^-8^ comoving Mpc^-3^) overdense regions at z=2.23: an overdensity of quasi-stellar objects [QSOs; 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) cluster], a powerful, high-redshift radio galaxy (HzRG) and a concentration of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) and optically faint radio galaxies (OFRGs). In total, we detect 137 narrow-band emitter candidates down to emission-line fluxes of 0.5-1x10^-16^erg/s/cm^2^, across a total area of 0.56deg^2^ (2.1x10^5^ comoving Mpc^3^ at z=2.23) in these fields.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/175/128
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitting galaxies in COSMOS-2 field
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/175/128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To derive a new H{alpha} luminosity function and to understand the clustering properties of star-forming galaxies at z~0.24, we have made a narrowband imaging survey for H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) COSMOS 2 square degree field. We used the narrowband filter NB816 ({lambda}_c_=8150{AA}, {Delta}{lambda}=120{AA}) and sampled H{alpha} emitters with EW_obs_(H{alpha}+[NII])>12{AA} in a redshift range between z=0.233 and 0.251 corresponding to a depth of 70Mpc. We obtained 980 H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in a sky area of 5540arcmin^2^, corresponding to a survey volume of 3.1x10^4^Mpc^3^.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/458/569
- Title:
- H{alpha} equivalent widths of 36 Lyn (HD 79158)
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/458/569
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper reports the photospheric, magnetic and circumstellar gas characteristics of the magnetic B8p star 36 Lyncis (HD 79158). Using archival data and new polarised and unpolarised high-resolution spectra, we redetermine the basic physical properties, the rotational period and the geometry of the magnetic field, and the photospheric abundances of various elements.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/604/141
- Title:
- H{alpha} fluxes in Cl J0023+0423B galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/604/141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present H{alpha}-derived star formation rates (SFRs) for the galaxy cluster Cl J0023+0423B at z=0.845. Our 3{sigma} flux limits correspond to an SFR of 0.24h_100_^-2^M_{sun}_/yr, and our minimum reliable H{alpha}+[NII] equivalent width is greater than 10{AA}, demonstrating that near-infrared narrow-band imaging can sample the star-forming galaxy population in distant clusters. Comparison with spectroscopy shows that the number of false detections is low (9%+/-6%) and that our H{alpha} equivalent widths are correlated with spectroscopically determined [O II] equivalent widths. A magnitude-limited spectroscopic survey conducted over the same area missed 70% of the star-forming galaxies and 65% of the integrated star formation. Using Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Archive images, we fit Sersic profiles to all galaxies with significant narrow-band equivalent widths and find that equivalent width decreases as the steepness of galaxy profile increases.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/677/169
- Title:
- H{alpha} galaxies at z=0.84
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/677/169
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of an H{alpha} near-infrared narrowband survey searching for star-forming galaxies at redshift z=0.84. This work is an extension of our previous narrowband studies in the optical at lower redshifts. After removal of stars and redshift interlopers (using spectroscopic and photometric redshifts), we build a complete sample of 165 H{alpha} emitters in the extended Groth strip and GOODS-N fields with L(H{alpha})>10^41^ergs/s. We compute the H{alpha} luminosity function at z=0.84 after corrections for [NII] flux contamination, extinction, systematic errors, and incompleteness. Our sources present an average dust extinction of A(H{alpha})=1.5mag. Adopting H{alpha} as a surrogate for the instantaneous SFR, we measure an extinction-corrected SFR density of 0.17^+0.03^_-0.03_M_{sun}_/yr/Mpc^3^. Combining this result to our prior measurements at z=0.02, 0.24, and 0.40, we derive an H{alpha}-based evolution of the SFR density proportional to (1+z)^{beta}^ with {beta}=3.8+/-0.5. This evolution is consistent with that derived by other authors using different SFR tracers.
